Women's Cross Country: Ohio Northern (19-9 Overall) at the Blue River Park Memorial College Invitational
Saturday, September 15, 4 p.m. - Blue River Cross Country Course, Shelbyville, Ind.
ONU Race Notes: The Ohio Northern women's cross country team will get its first look at the host site for the 2018 NCAA Division III Great Lakes Regional meet this Saturday, September 15 when the Polar Bears travel to Shelbyville, Indiana to compete in the Blue River Park Memorial College Invitational ... The women's 6k event is slated for a 4 p.m. start time from the Blue River Cross Country Course with the men's 8k race to follow at 5 p.m. ... In the women's event, six teams will vie for the team title, including Ohio Northern, Anderson (Ind.), Bluffton, Earlham (Ind.), Trine (Ind.), and Manchester (Ind.), who will serve as the meet host ... Freshman Tessa Pitcovich guided the Polar Bears to a 10th-place team finish last weekend at the Calvin (Mich.) Knight Invitational, recording ONU's fastest time of 19:27 to wind up 51st overall out of 287 total competitors ... Fellow classmate Elizabeth Whitmore, sophomores Megan Wright and Chyanne Retcher, and freshman Taylor Ellerbrock finished second-through-fifth on the team, respectively, with each trailing Pitcovich by less than 22 seconds ... Junior Kathleen Colvin and senior Kristina Myers rounded out the team's top-seven finishers last weekend.
Head Coach Jason Maus: Maus is currently in his 10th season as head coach of the men's and women's cross country teams at Ohio Northern ... He enters the weekend with an overall win-loss record in women's cross country of 800-362, good for a winning percentage of .688 … Maus currently stands as the all-time winningest coach in Ohio Northern school history for both men's and women's cross country.